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The Double

2014 · 93 min

A stylish, off-kilter plunge into bureaucratic alienation and doppelgänger dread, laced with deadpan wit and a mounting sense of futility.

Directed by
Richard Ayoade
Genres
Thriller, Drama
Starring
Jesse Eisenberg, Mia Wasikowska, Wallace Shawn
Overview
An awkward office drone becomes increasingly unhinged after a charismatic and confident look-alike takes a job at his workplace and seduces the woman he desires.

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Stream in the UK
  • Studiocanal Presents Amazon Channel
  • Channel 4 Plus
More options Data from JustWatch
Directed by
Richard Ayoade
Genres
Thriller, Drama
Starring
Jesse Eisenberg, Mia Wasikowska, Wallace Shawn
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • isolation
  • obsession
  • loneliness
  • madness
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
  • home
Era
timeless
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • unreliable narrator
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
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Action2
Horror3
Humour5
Realism4
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity8
Emotional weight7

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Genres
thriller, drama
Directed by
Richard Ayoade
Written by
Avi Korine, Richard Ayoade
Starring
Jesse Eisenberg, Mia Wasikowska, Wallace Shawn, Yasmin Paige, Noah Taylor, James Fox, Cathy Moriarty, Phyllis Somerville
Music
Andrew Hewitt
Cinematography
Erik Wilson
Runtime
93 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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